Go behind the scenes with artists from Disney and Reel FX, as you learn what it takes to get into real-time animation. Check out our free Careers in Animation course today

Everyone from Netflix to Sony Pictures Imageworks is building real-time animation into their pipelines—and loving what they’ve found. When instant feedback is on the table, teams can completely rethink how—and when—work gets done, ushering in a shift that is already starting to remap the industry.

In this free course, you’ll learn the ropes via video tutorials and interviews with real-time artists currently using Unreal Engine on major projects for Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios. All the while, you’ll be working towards creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try our free Careers in Animation course today!

Everyone from Netflix to Sony Pictures Imageworks is starting to use real-time animation in a major way. Learn what studios look for in new hires as real-time artists from Disney and Reel FX explore some of the different career paths available to an Unreal Engine animator.

Why real-time animation? When instant feedback is on the table, teams can completely rethink how—and when—work gets done, ushering in a shift that is already starting to remap the industry.

In this free course, you’ll learn the ropes via video tutorials and interviews with real-time artists currently using Unreal Engine on major projects for Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios. All the while, you’ll be working towards creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try our free Careers in Animation course today!

See how Reel FX uses Unreal Engine to create Netflix’s “Super Giant Robot Brothers,” a new milestone in the world of real-time animation. Then, start learning those skills yourself with our free Unreal Futures: Careers in Animation course.

Why real-time animation? When instant feedback is on the table, teams can completely rethink how—and when—work gets done, ushering in a shift that is already starting to remap the industry.

In this free course, you’ll learn the ropes via video tutorials and interviews with real-time artists currently using Unreal Engine on major projects for Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios. All the while, you’ll be working towards creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try our free Careers in Animation course today!

Interested in real-time animation? Hear what artists from Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios think will advance your career the most.

And if that feels inspiring, try our free course. Those same artists have banded together to give you an essential primer on how to start your real-time journey—from learning basic Unreal Engine techniques to figuring out the best way to break into a growing part of the industry. All the while, you’ll be creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try our free Careers in Animation course today!

WildBrain Studios’ Unreal Development Supervisor, Shazzy Angulo hosts this first tutorial, which walks students through the structural elements of an animated character in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5). She also introduces the idea of animation libraries, before demonstrating how to apply them to characters.

New to Unreal Futures: Careers in Animation?

In this free course, you’ll learn the ropes via video tutorials and interviews with real-time artists currently using Unreal Engine on major projects for Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios. All the while, you’ll be working towards creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try it today!

In this tutorial, WildBrain Studios’ Unreal Development Supervisor, Shazzy Angulo explains the basic parameters of a cinematic camera in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5), including position, orientation, aspect ratio, aperture, and focal length. This tutorial also introduces Unreal Engine’s multi-track editor Sequencer and demonstrates how it can be used to combine clips from an animation library to start animating characters fast.

New to Unreal Futures: Careers in Animation?

In this free course, you’ll learn the ropes via video tutorials and interviews with real-time artists currently using Unreal Engine on major projects for Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios. All the while, you’ll be working towards creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try it today!

In this tutorial, WildBrain Studios’ Unreal Development Supervisor, Shazzy Angulo shows how Unreal Engine’s Control Rig tool can be used to modify an existing clip from the animation library. She introduces the concept of a “key,” and how keys are added using Unreal Engine’s multi-track editor Sequencer to animate “on top of” an existing animation.

New to Unreal Futures: Careers in Animation?

In this free course, you’ll learn the ropes via video tutorials and interviews with real-time artists currently using Unreal Engine on major projects for Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios. All the while, you’ll be working towards creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try it today!

In this tutorial, WildBrain Studios’ Unreal Development Supervisor, Shazzy Angulo demonstrates how to create a custom animation clip from scratch, building on previous lessons around modifying existing animations. You’ll then learn how to add that clip to an existing animation library.

New to Unreal Futures: Careers in Animation?

In this free course, you’ll learn the ropes via video tutorials and interviews with real-time artists currently using Unreal Engine on major projects for Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios. All the while, you’ll be working towards creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try it today!

In this tutorial, WildBrain Studios’ Unreal Development Supervisor, Shazzy Angulo demonstrates how to recreate a scene in the style of ‘Super Giant Robot Brothers.’ To do this, you learn more about shots and shot tracks, including how to copy and assemble separate shots into a scene.

New to Unreal Futures: Careers in Animation?

In this free course, you’ll learn the ropes via video tutorials and interviews with real-time artists currently using Unreal Engine on major projects for Disney, Reel FX, and WildBrain Studios. All the while, you’ll be working towards creating a new portfolio piece that will bring you one step closer to your next job. Try it today!